Fluid-separator.



G. A. ORTH & J. J. WHITE.

FLUID SBPARATOR.

APPLICATION FILED MARJQ, 1912.

1,086 931 Patented Feb. 10,1914.

3mm 6602291214. 02772 JJ White GEORGE ANTON 03TH AND JOSHUA J". WHITE, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

FLUID-SEPARATOR.

a specification.

An object of the invention is to provide a separator, particularly adapted for use in connection with ales and beers, for separating sediment from the body of the fluid.

The invention embodies among other features a device provided with an inlet pipe for connection with the main barrel or the keg and an outlet pipe for connection with the tap or faucet, the mentioned pipes terminating in a container, with an end of the inlet pipe terminating in a separator cup provided with a valve operable by a float arranged within the container and movable upwardly therein as the depth of the fluid in the container increases, the float in its upward movement being adapted to close the inlet pipe to prevent the entrance of additional fluid and in its downward movement being adapted to permit the valve to open to admit more fluid to the container.

By connecting our device directly with the keg or barrel, the pressure in the device will be the same as in the keg or barrel, so that when the fluid is taken from the tap it will be as fresh as if it were taken directly from the keg.

In the further disclosure of the invention, reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, constituting a part of this specification and in which similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in the views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional View of the separator, the same being in open position to receive fluid. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken on line 2-2 in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a diagrammatic view showing the position of the separator relatively to the supply keg and the tap.

Referring more particularly to the views there is illustrated a container 10 and mounted to extend through the top 11 there of is an inlet pipe 12 having connection with a keg 13, the mentioned pipe 12 being arranged to depend within the container 10 and having the lower end thereof extending Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 19, 1912.

Patented m. in, rare.

Serial No. 684,914.

into the separator cup 14., mounted in the container 10, and spaced from the sides thereof, the upper end of the separator cup being open and the lower end of the pipe 12 being spaced a distance from the bottom of the separator cup.

The lower end of the pipe 12 terminates in a flared valve seat 15 adapted to receive a valve 16 secured to the upper end of a valve rod 17, mounted to slide verticall on the separator cup 14, the lower end 0 the valve rod 17 extending downwardly through the bottom of the separator cup and terminating in a head 18, the mentioned valve 16 when in engagement with the valve seat 15 being adapted to close the pipe 12. The valve 16 together with the rod 17 and head 18 thereof is preferably made of a heavy material so that the valve will operate gravitationally and mounted in the container 10 is a float 19, the said float being ar-.

ranged to move freely in a vertical direction in the container and positioned so that when the amount of fluid increases in the container the float will move upwardly as the depth of the fluid increases and will thus move the valve 16 upwardly to close the pipe 12. An outlet pipe 20 is arranged to extend into the container 10 through the bottom thereof with the inner end of the outlet pipe extending upwardly a distance from the bottom as shown, the mentioned outlet pipe 20 having connected to the outer end thereof a suitable tap 21.

New assuming that the valve 16 is in open position, and that the fluid from the keg 13 is flowing through the pipe 12, into the separator cup 1 1 and thence from the tap of the separator cup into the container 10, as the depth of the fluid increases in the container the float 19 will rise, thus operating the valve 16 to engage the seat 15 and close the pipe 12 when a suflicient amount of the fluid has entered the container 10. Now as the fluid is drawn off through the pipe 20, to the tap 21, the depth of the fluid in the container will decrease thus causing the float to move downwardly with the fluid and when the depth of the fluid in the container is below normal, the weight of the valve 1, the rod 17 and the head 18 thereof, will cause the valve to gravitationally move downwardly with the float thus reopening the pipe 12 and admitting a new supply of fluid to the container.

It will be readily seen that as the fluid enters the separator cup 14: and flows over the edge of the separator cup 14, when the same becomes full, any sediment that may be contained in the fluid will settle on the bottom of the separator cup. If, however a slight amount of sediment should pass out of the separator cup and into the container 10,the mentioned sediment will be prevented from passing into the outlet pipe 20 in view of the fact that the end of the outlet pipe in the container 10 is spaced a dis tance from the bottom of the container. Furthermore the float 19, positioned above the entrance to the outlet pipe 20 acts as a battle to prevent the sediment from entering the outlet pipe.

A suitable guide 22 is formed on the inner side of the bottom of the separator cup 14 to receive the valve 16 when the same is in lowermost position and it will be seen that the guide 22 serves to retain the valve 16 in proper alinement with the lower end of the inlet pipe 12.

We claim:

A device of the character described comprising a container, a supply pipe projecttainer, a relatively small fluid-separating cup supported at the upper end of said container into which said supply pipe projects, a conical seat formed at the lower end of said supply pipe, a rod guided vertically in said separating cup, a guide carried at the bottom of said cup, a conical valve carried by said rod arranged to engage with said conical seat and to rest on said guide, a ball carried at the free end of said rod exterior-1y of said cup, and a float disposed below said ball, said float being of a lesser diameter than the diameter of said container.

In testimony whereof we aflixed our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE ANTON OR lTH. JOSHUA J. WHITE. Witnesses:

Gno. F. TEALL, CIIAS. CoNNous.

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